A new preface by the author, introduction by T. E. Lawrence...
London, Cape, 1928
Finely bound. Doughty's classic work on the exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.
8vo, thin paper edition in one volume, complete and unabridged with all original maps, plans, and illustrations, l, 623, [ii], 690 pp., portrait frontispiece, large folding colour map, 8 plates (5 folding), numbered i-vii with one folding plate unnumbered, illustrations in the text (some full-page), modern black half morocco gilt, marbled sides, a fine copy.
8vo, thin paper edition in one volume, complete and unabridged with all original maps, plans, and illustrations, l, 623, [ii], 690 pp., portrait frontispiece, large folding colour map, 8 plates (5 folding), numbered i-vii with one folding plate unnumbered, illustrations in the text (some full-page), modern black half morocco gilt, marbled sides, a fine copy.
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